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Darling-Hammond named among top ten most influential in past decade
SRN Co-executive Director and Stanford University Education Professor Linda Darling-Hammond, has been identified as one of the 10 most influential people in the field of education over the last decade in a study conducted by the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center, a program of Education Week. Darling-Hammond holds the number 10 spot (shared with U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings) and is the only full-time academic listed.
The study, which was published December 13, asked education-policy experts to identify and rate “Influentials” across four different categories — Studies, Organizations, People, and Information Sources. Topping the list in the People category are Bill Gates and the current President George W. Bush.
Darling-Hammond's work as Executive Director of the National Commission for Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF) was also recognized in the Studies category. The 1996 NCTAF report, "What Matters Most: Teaching for America's Future," was ranked number 7 in that category. View an executive summary and the full report. View the report overview of Darling-Hammond.
Influence: A Study of the Factors Shaping Education Policy
Bill Gates, Congress, and NAEP Top Study of Influence by Education Week's
Editorial Projects in Education Research Center.
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